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[bug #62560] "[gt]roff.1: option "-z": say "Show only enabled warnings"
From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[bug #62560] "[gt]roff.1: option "-z": say "Show only enabled warnings" |
Date: |
Wed, 1 Jun 2022 20:44:00 -0400 (EDT) |
Update of bug #62560 (project groff):
Severity: 3 - Normal => 1 - Wish
Status: None => Wont Fix
Assigned to: None => gbranden
Open/Closed: Open => Closed
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Follow-up Comment #1:
[comment #0 original submission:]
> Subject: "[gt]roff.1: option "-z": say "Show only enabled warnings"
>
> Currently the option '-z' is explained with:
>
> "Suppress formatted device-independent output of troff."
>
> Show the effect of this option, that is: what is shown, not was is not
> shown, like:
>
> Output only enabled warnings.
As we've just established in bug #62559, groff and troff produce other output,
to the standard error stream.
Your suggested wording is easily falsified.
$ printf '.tm here is some output to stderr\n' | groff -z
here is some output to stderr
For that matter, let's observe this.
$ printf '.tm here is some output to stderr\n' | groff -Ez
here is some output to stderr
The `-z` option is documented as it is because it compactly describes how the
presence of the option alters the command's behavior. This is a common
practice in Unix man pages.
Please spend some time with the groff Texinfo manual.
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